A girl was killed and dozens injured in the Russian bombing of Kiev and the Dnieper

Invading Russian forces began shelling overnight against Kiev and against the Dnieper in which at least one person died, a two-year-old girl, and dozens were injured, the Ukrainian authorities reported.

The girl’s body was found by rescue teams under the ruins of a house in Dnieper. According to the Kyiv administration, during the morning air defense systems managed to destroy numerous attacks. According to witnesses, numerous explosions were heard in the city, and the anti-aircraft alarm was on for three hours. “Russia has once again shown itself to be a terrorist state,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said late in the evening.

Zelenski published a video of a destroyed house where rescue teams are looking for victims and survivors. At least ten private houses, a car and a gas pipeline were damaged in the attacks. “The Russians will have to answer for everything they did to our country and our people,” Zelenski said.

In an interview on Saturday for The Wall Street JournalZelensky said that Ukraine is ready to launch a counter-offensive. “I think we are ready for them. We believe in success, I don’t know how long it will take,” he said. However, Zelenski warned that the price of success would be high and called for greater support for air defense.